After winning the 4AAA district championships, Britney Nealy and Mirilo Souzas advanced to the Class AAA State tennis tournament in Harrison earlier this week.

In boys' singles competition, Souzas won the Class AAA State title.

"It was a great effort from Mirilo," Pottsville tennis coach Steve Tanner said. "He played a great match and defeated the defending Class AA state champion."

Nealy's season came to an end in the semifinals for the second consecutive year, according to Tanner.

"Britney had a really good season. It is too bad it ended in the semifinals," Tanner said. "This is the second consecutive year that her season has come to an end in the semis."

It was an unbelievable season, according to Tanner, for the entire Apache and Lady Apache tennis team.

"They just over achieved. I was really proud of them," Tanner said. "We tried to play some good competition throughout the season. We played some good teams from Paris, Subiaco and Clinton. We had a good year."

In addition to the two singles players, Pottsville sent both a boys and girls doubles team. Neither team had much success, according to Tanner.